Best Nova Launcher substitute?
I’m looking for something as close to Nova Launcher as possible.
Best ad-free simple multiplayer games?
I’m looking to play some mobile games online with my partner while we’re away; something simple and potentially asynchronous but doesn’t have to be. Something like Words With Friends but not cluttered and overrun with ads. Simple board games, strategy, or other casual games....
What do you think about Huawei Harmony OS
I recently saw mrwhosetheboss’s video on banned (in us) banned Huawei products. And I really liked the os the phones had....
3 tough questions about Samsung's Android 14 accomplishment (www.computerworld.com)
The vanishing of the small high-end smartphone (www.smh.com.au)
Manufacturers don’t make displays under 6 inches available for purchase, with special cases (such as the iPhone Mini) being made under exclusive contracts. The best lead they have so far is to try to use displays designed for the front part of a foldable phone, but they’re yet to strike an agreement....
Epic v. Google, explained (Google Play antitrust trial kicking off November 6th) (www.theverge.com)
looking to solve some minor problems i have with my new honor magic 5 pro
So i have since a few months a new phone the honor magic 5 pro and have some things i am looking for and hope you guys might be able to help me solve the problems i have i will list them from most likely you can solve them to least likely....
Is there a FOSS app like Printer2Go, PrintHand, PrintShare and Nokoprint? (Large printer support and printing over USB)
These apps have support for huge amount of printers and allow printing over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and most importantly, USB....
At least 200+ desktop extensions to be available on Firefox Android in December (blog.mozilla.org)
Quotes from the blog post:...
Google Chrome updates will stop coming to some Galaxy phones - SamMobile (www.sammobile.com)
Last weekend with Pixel 7 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, any questions?
Hi, this is the last week before I will return my Pixel 7 Pro for a refund, after owning it for a year. My replacement is the 15 Pro Max, and I thought I’d post here in case anyone has any questions regarding these two devices....
Server renters/owners: how do you backup your photos from Android to your server?
Does Google Inserting Deceptively Placed Ads in the Play Store seem icky to anyone else? (i.imgur.com)
They’ve started inserting a subtle ad as the first result instead of the actual app you’re searching for....
Android Auto loses its Viber app, but may only be temporary (9to5google.com)
Qualcomm CEO confirms Exynos-Snapdragon split for S24 series - GSMArena.com news (www.gsmarena.com)
If the fairphone good for privacy/degoogling?
I am thinking about buying a fairphone. Is it less of a privacy nightmare than your typical Android phone?
Who's the Android manufactured to go to for root / custom roms?
Previously this would be OnePlus, but it looks like their newest phones aren’t rootable. I used to have a Xiaomi phone for this also, are they still good?...
GrapheneOS Parental Controls
Does anyone know of a good privacy respecting (preferably FOSS) parental control app for Android? I’m trying to convince a friend to get a Pixel with GrapheneOS as their kids next phone but they won’t do it unless it let’s them control certain things....
What's the state of x86/AMD64 compatible Android?
So I was drafting a blog post about an x86 tablet and was quickly going to mention running x86 versions of Android like Bliss as an option, but I can’t seem to figure out exactly what/if active projects are out there....
Huawei phones are saying that the Google app is a virus (9to5google.com)
What's everyone's favorite privacy apps
Just wondering what everyone uses. Currently some of the apps I use are proton apps, openboard fork with futo voice, grayjay, notesnook, signal. I have more but wanna hear your apps! Creating Lemmy content!
Chrome on iOS supports moving the address bar to the bottom. Why not Android? (www.theverge.com)
I enjoyed that brief Android Chrome experiment where the browser supported moving the address bar to the bottom. Now that feature has been made available on iOS, but remains AWOL on Android.
Best way to backup phone before flashing
I’m having some problems with a dirty flash ROM on my phone, want to clean flash it what is the recommended way to backup my phone , I don’t have root.